The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten #76

[Rayzor]

sure you did...

[OLD 55]

I'll vote for Tin Soldier again. Great song !

Fintan first nominated it in #41 and Ray in #67.

It improved by 4 points second time around; another 4 might get it in.

[Dappled]

No less than 19 renominations this time, and 3 from the first Top Ten!

Saturday In The Park - Chicago - 11

Signs - Five Man Electrical Band - 14

The Kids Are Alright - Who - 14

Tin Soldier - Small Faces - 15

Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead - 18

Summertime - Janis Joplin - From the very first Top Ten - 21

Eloise - Barry Ryan - 24

Plush - Stone Temple Pilots - 27

Perfect Day - Lou Reed - 27

Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) - Manfred Mann - Also from the very first Top Ten - 27

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce - 29

Rock This Town - Stray Cats - 32

Foreplay/Long Time - Boston - 34

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man - Bob Seger - 40

Lowdown - Boz Scaggs - Another one from the very first TT - 44

River Of Dreams - Billy Joel - 44

Baby Scratch My Back - Slim Harpo - 49

The Taliban Song - Toby Keith - 51

Last Train to London - Electric Light Orchestra - 53

[Dappled]

The first Top Ten had 46 nominations (see the list here), a wonderful set of songs! Of the 36 songs that didn't make it then, 9 have made it into the Top Ten in later lists, and 2 songs have reached the number 1 spot:

Into The Mystic - Van Morrison

All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix *#1*

Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry *#1*

Let It Be - Beatles

Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs

Rock The Casbah - Clash

Levon - Elton John

Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull

Daydream Believer - Monkees

**Hint** And Your Bird Can Sing was number 13, and hasn't been renominated since then! **Hint**

[Rayzor]

Cool Dapp!!

You are the king of Top Ten info!!

[Lucky]

Very nice Dappled.

I was very happy to see a few friends back this week that we haven't seen for a while. Thanks kiddos!

[OLD 55]

Angel - Jimi Hendrix (1971)

Angry Eyes - Loggins & Messina (1972)

Baby Scratch My Back - Slim Harpo (1966)

Bad , Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce (1973)

Ballad Of The Green Berets, The - Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler (1966)

Balloon Burning - Pretty Things (1968)

Battle Of New Orleans, The - Johnny Horton (1959)

Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids (1977)

Blue Collar Man - Styx (1978)

Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley (1956)

Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen (1987)

Driving Wheel - Junior Parker (1961)

Eloise - Barry Ryan (1968)

Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead (1995)

Female of the Species - Space (1996)

Foreplay/ Long Time - Boston (1976)

Going To A Go-Go - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1965)

Half As Much - Emmylou Harris (1992)

I See The Rain - Marmalade (1967)

I Still Love You - Vejtables (1965)

In the Flesh - Blondie (1977)

It's In The Way That You Use It - Eric Clapton (1986)

Kids Are Alright, The - The Who (1965)

King Tut - Steve Martin (1978)

Last Train To London - Electric Light Orchestra (1979)

Lowdown - Boz Scaggs (1976)

Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones (1969)

Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) - Manfred Mann (1968)

My Pledge Of Love - Joe Jeffery Group (1969)

New Kid In Town - The Eagles (1976)

No Time - The Guess Who (1970)

Perfect Day - Lou Reed (1972)

Please, Please, Please - James Brown (1956)

Plush - Stone Temple Pilots (1993)

Private Idaho - B52's (1980)

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man - Bob Seger System (1968)

Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale (1976)

River Of Dreams - Billy Joel (1993)

Rock This Town - The Stray Cats (1982)

Saturday In The Park - Chicago (1972)

Signs - Five Man Electrical Band (1970)

Summertime - Janis Joplin (1968)

Taliban Song, The - Toby Keith (2003)

Tin Soldier - Small Faces (1967)

Watching The Detectives - Elvis Costello (1977)

We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel (1989)

What I Got - Sublime (1997)

Why Can't We Live Together - Timmy Thomas (1972)

(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman - The Kinks (1979)

With A Girl Like You - The Troggs (1966)

VOTING IS NOW OPEN.

[OLD 55]

I didn't accidentally lock the Thread did I

I should have said 'Double Points' to whoever votes first !

There's not, but maybe I should have said that.

Goodnight All.

[Rayzor]

Tough to choose from (once again!)

1. Tin Soldier ~ Small Faces (1967)

2. Foreplay/ Long Time ~ Boston (1976)

3. Summertime ~ Janis Joplin (1968)

4. Ramblin' Gamblin' Man ~ Bob Seger System (1968)

5. No Time ~ The Guess Who (1970)

6. Angel ~ Jimi Hendrix (1971)

7. In The Flesh ~ Blondie (1977)

8. Blue Collar Man ~ Styx (1978)

9. Rock This Town ~ The Stray Cats (1982)

10. Kids Are Alright, The ~ The Who (1965)

Just missed out: Saturday In The Park, Signs, With A Girl Like You, New Kid In Town, Plush, Brilliant Disguise, I See The Rain...

[_Laurie_]

1. No Time

2. Private Idaho

3. Rock This Town

4. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

5. Blue Suede Shoes

6. Foreplay/Long Time

7. Mighty Quinn

8. Blue Collar Man

9. Angel

10 Signs

Oh by the way...Nice Avatar Rayzor!

Edited August 15, 2007 by Guest

[Rayzor]

I thought you might like it!

[_Laurie_]

LOVE IT!

[miamisammy29]

1. Midnight Rambler - Rolling Stones

2. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman - The Kinks

3. Blue Collar Man - Styx

4. The Kids Are Alright - The Who

5. Ramblin' Gamblin' Man - Bob Seger System

6. Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce

7. King Tut - Steve Martin

8. Lowdown - Boz Scaggs

9. Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton

10. In The Flesh - Blondie

[The Seeker]

1. Kids Are Alright, The - The Who (1965)

2. Tin Soldier - Small Faces (1967)

3. Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) - Manfred Mann (1968)

4. Last Train To London - Electric Light Orchestra (1979)

5. River Of Dreams - Billy Joel (1993)

6. Eloise - Barry Ryan (1968)

7. With A Girl Like You - The Troggs (1966)

8. We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel (1989)

9. Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley (1956)

10. New Kid In Town - The Eagles (1976)

[Rayzor]

Thanx for the support Fin!!

I know we both nominated this song before...

[Steel2Velvet]

1. River Of Dreams - Billy Joel (1993) "Searching for something so undefined it can only be seen by the eyes of the blind"

2. Summertime - Janis Joplin (1968) This little girl could sing the blues, it's a fact!

3. Bad , Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce (1973) Such a creative songwriter with that sympatico voice.

4. Angel - Jimi Hendrix (1971) "Forever I will be by your side" Great use of reverb in this song

5. Angry Eyes - Loggins & Messina (1972) Great harmonizing.

6. Baby Scratch My Back - Slim Harpo (1966) My sentiments exactly!

7. Battle Of New Orleans, The - Johnny Horton (1959) Great chorus line "They ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles"

8. My Pledge Of Love - Joe Jeffery Group (1969) "Woke up this morning Little Girl, Little Girl, you were on my mind"

9. Signs - Five Man Electrical Band (1970)

10. New Kid In Town - The Eagles (1976)

[The Seeker]

I'll always support the Small Faces, same with the Who...

[Uncle Joe]

1-Lowdown - Boz Scaggs (1976)

2-Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale (1976)

3-(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman - The Kinks (1979)

4-Saturday In The Park - Chicago (1972)

5-New Kid In Town - The Eagles (1976)

6-Kids Are Alright, The - The Who (1965)

7-Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) - Manfred Mann (1968)

8-Going To A Go-Go - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1965)

9- My Pledge Of Love - Joe Jeffery Group (1969)

10-Angry Eyes - Loggins & Messina (1972)

[Jenny]

1. Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen tell me who I see when I look in your eyes

2. Rock This Town - Stray Cats I have loved this song since the minute I heard it...hope it makes it in

3. Plush - STP Their first big hit...it still kicks bootie

4. We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel but when we are gone it will still burn on...

5. What I Got - Sublime Love is what I got, just remember that

6. Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley Elvis made a song about shoes sexy

7. Signs - Five Man Electrical Band If God was here he'd tell it to your face, man you're some kind of sinner

8. River of Dreams - Billy Joel we all live in the ocean, we all start in the stream

9. Going to a Go-Go - Smokey Robinson a voice like butta

10. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce meaner than a junkyard dog

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[edna]

1- Perfect Day - Lou Reed (1972)

2- Kids Are Alright, The - The Who (1965)

3- Going To A Go-Go - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (1965)

4- Eloise - Barry Ryan (1968)

5- My Pledge Of Love - Joe Jeffery Group (1969)

6- Saturday In The Park - Chicago (1972)

7- Summertime - Janis Joplin (1968)

8- New Kid In Town - The Eagles (1976)

9- Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids (1977)

10- I See The Rain - Marmalade (1967)

[Uncle Joe]

Just a note. I find it interesting that Elvis' "Blue Suede Shoes" draws such attention from voters. The big hit was the original done by Carl Perkins (who also wrote the song) which reached #1 on the charts and stayed there quite a while. Elvis's version (which reached no higher than #20) was not nearly as well received by the public. I know this because I was there. Yet Elvis's version which is not nearly as good as Perkins' is perceived by most to be the original while it was just an attempt by a record company to sell more records by a hot artist.

I wonder how Perkins' version would fare if nominated. Sometimes I guess we just vote for a name.

[RonJonSurfer]

1. Mighty Quinn

2. Bad Bad Leroy Brown

3. No Time

4. Signs

5. Foreplay/ Long Time

6. Summertime

7. Midnight Rambler

8. The Kids Are Alright

9. Watching The Detectives

10. Private Idaho

[The Seeker]

Just a note. I find it interesting that Elvis' "Blue Suede Shoes" draws such attention from voters. The big hit was the original done by Carl Perkins (who also wrote the song) which reached #1 on the charts and stayed there quite a while. Elvis's version (which reached no higher than #20) was not nearly as well received by the public. I know this because I was there. Yet Elvis's version which is not nearly as good as Perkins' is perceived by most to be the original while it was just an attempt by a record company to sell more records by a hot artist.

I wonder how Perkins' version would fare if nominated. Sometimes I guess we just vote for a name.

I prefer Perkins' version as well.

[_Laurie_]

I like both actually.... I usually like original songs better than the covers...but not always...I'm not a real big Elvis fan, but I do like Blue Suede Shoes by Elvis...

[Jenny]

I also like both versions, but since Elvis' is the first one I heard, I connect to that one more. Plus, like I said, he makes it sexy. Still if Carl Perkins' version were nominated, I'd vote for it, 'cause it's a good song.

Edited August 15, 2007 by Guest